"Hadoop is not for everything. Understand what it means to your organization within the context of your business goals" - Rajeev Nayar

Rajeev Nayar, Associate VP & Head, Big Data Practice - Cloud, Infosys was featured in an exclusive column in the latest issue of Express Computer titled 'Big Data Hadoop'. In the column, Rajeev had listed out how enterprises should evaluate Hadoop with regard to big data projects. Some of the points are:

Understand what Hadoop means to your organization within the context of your business goals

If the adoption of Hadoop in the organization starts as an IT initiative, securing the initial funding to set up the Hadoop cluster, etc. is a challenge.

Breaking down the data silos in an organization is more difficult than it sounds.